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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Playing with a puppy.
(b) Playing tag.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Jumping rope.

2. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(b) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(c) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(d) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.

3. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A school.
(b) A museum.
(c) A police station.
(d) A library.

4. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Miss Strangeworth.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her great-grandfather.
(d) Her grandfather.

5. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Carnations.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Gladiolus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

2. How old is Miss Strangeworth?

3. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

4. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?

5. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?

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